by Appalachians Against Pipelines / It’s Going Down An update from the Yellow Finch tree sits on DAY 553 blockading the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline! “After several weeks, MVP security has FINALLY noticed our newest addition to the Yellow Finch […]
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Texas Tar Sands Blockade Continues Despite Police Torture
Despite summer being over, things continue to heat up in Texas for the Tar Sands Blockade as we enter day 3 of the tree-sit. On Monday, 8 people took to the trees to defend the land from clear-cutting that would allow for […]
Continue readingAnti-fracking Blockade in Moshannon State Forest
Posted by Marcellus Earth First! Tree-Sitters Halt Hydrofracking Operations Activists from Marcellus Earth First! have erected a slash pile blockade and two tree sits blocking an access road to an EQT hydro-fracking site in Moshannon State Forest in Clearfield County, PA., halting […]
Continue readingEco activists detained at industrial wind energy test site
By Jakob Vesterager cross-posted from here COPENHAGEN, July 26 (Reuters) – Police in Denmark detained six environmental activists on Tuesday protesting the felling of trees in a forest to make room for a research centre for wind turbines. Protesters said they were […]
Continue readingTwo Conservationists Arrested in Tasmanian Tree Sit, Clearcutting, Resistance Continues
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snosZmMfVY&feature=player_embedded] March,21–Two conservationists have been arrested this evening in Tasmania’s far south, after spending twelve hours perched in tree sits. The tree sits made up two blockades that were situated on the Peak Rivulet rd, and prevented logging in three high conservation […]
Continue readingAssault on Florida tree sit in Briger Forest
[Click here for more images from Briger forest] The images of cut trees are from the initial tree sit location. Ring counts estimate the trees at 50-70 years old. At the time of being cut, a banner was still being displayed. Rather […]
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